4 NNE Geneva - 7 NNE Geneva
An F1 tornado skipped along AL 85 between Geneva and Bellwood. Several trees and power lines were toppled and the Providence Church near Bellwood sustained minor roof damage.

Enterprise
An F1 tornado touched down on CR 725 near Enterprise. One residence suffered roof damage. Camp Wiregrass sustained moderate to severe damage with several buildings crumpled, trees and power lines down, and scattered debris. Numerous customers in Enterprise were without electric service. A semi was blown over at Con Agra.

Patsburg
A tornado briefly touched down near the community of Patsburg. Two homes had major damage and a business was destroyed. Trees and power lines were also blown down. Several horses were also injured.

3 N Loxley
A tornado briefly touched down just north of Interstate10 near the Loxley exit. The only damage was to trees and power lines.

Start: 30.6700/-87.7500
End: 30.6700/-87.7500

29

1998

9

19

1300

Baldwin

F0

0.1

30

0

0

Gulf Shores
A waterspout moved ashore near Gulf Shores and rapidly dissipated. No damage was found.

Start: 30.2800/-87.6800
End: 30.2800/-87.6800

28

1998

6

23

1400

Geneva

F1

2.5

30

0

0

4 SW Slocumb-6 S Slocumb
Just east of CR 9 about 3.5 miles north of Slocomb, sheet metal off a hay barn was blown 1/4 mile to the ENE. One neighboring property sustained tree and roof damage, a destroyed shed and a damaged hay barn. One nearby mobile home lost its roof with tree limb damage within a one mile radius. Dime sized hail accompanied the storm. South of Slocomb, damage was more severe. Spotty tree damage began about 2 miles south along CR 85. The most danage occurred 1/4 mile east of the New Teamon Baptist Church. Several large oak trees were uprooted, extensive tree limb damage, a mobile home roof damaged, and a barn sustained roof and door damage. Two structures on CR 91 were damaged by fallen trees. One witness observed the tornado as 100 yards wide, moving from NW to SE. Hail fell prior to the tornado passage.

New Market
Trees were down in the New Market area, this damaged several homes in the area. One home had major damage and four homes had minor roof damage.

Start: 34.9100/-86.4500
End: 34.9100/-86.4100

24

1998

5

7

0503

Madison

F1

1.5

50

0

0

Toney
Six homes were damaged in the Toney Community, in northern Madison County. One home had major damage, one had moderate damage and four had minor damage.

Start: 34.9000/-86.7500
End: 34.9000/-86.7200

23

1998

5

4

0028

Houston

F0

0.2

30

0

0

Ashford
Tornado spotted by public three miles east of Ashford.

Start: 31.1800/-85.2300
End: 31.1800/-85.2300

22

1998

5

3

1630

Coffee

F0

0.3

30

0

0

New Brockton
Tornado downed trees and power lines at intersection of State Highways 233 and 167 near New Brockton. A funnel cloud was sighted earlier near Elba.

Start: 31.3800/-85.9300
End: 31.3800/-85.9300

21

1998

4

18

1745

Dallas

F0

0.2

30

0

0

Marion Junction
Brief touchdown with little or no damage.

Start: 32.4300/-87.2300
End: 32.4300/-87.2300

20

1998

4

18

1724

Chilton

F0

1.0

30

0

0

3.4 SE Maplesville - 4.4 SE Maplesville
Little to no damage reported.

Start: 32.7500/-86.8300
End: 32.7300/-86.8300

19

1998

4

18

1558

Calhoun

F1

4.2

80

0

0

5.3 W Oxford-3.7 NW Oxford
Wellborn High School and Elementary School were heavily damaged. A church was also damaged.

Start: 33.5800/-85.9800
End: 33.6200/-85.9300

18

1998

4

17

1615

Covington

F1

1.0

300

0

0

Opp
A tornado touched down just east of the Opp Country Club, then moved southeast crossing U S Highway 84 just south of downtown before lifting back into the cloud just west of U S Highway 331. The tornado damaged the Opp Mill and tore off part of the roof from the South Highlands Elementary School. The tornado damaged more than ninety homes and several businesses. No injuries were reported.

Start: 31.2800/-86.2500
End: 31.2800/-86.2500

17

1998

4

16

2135

Cherokee

F0

1.3

80

0

0

0.3 S Centre-1.3 E Centre
Several trees downed and minor roof damage.

Start: 34.1500/-85.6800
End: 34.1500/-85.6700

16

1998

4

16

2101

Etowah

F1

3.1

100

0

0

2.2 SW Reece City-0.6 N Reece City
Hundreds of trees downed and some fell on houses.

1.9 NE Arkadelphia - 0.5 NE Damascus
A tornado touched down just north of Arkadelphia and SR 91 and traveled northeastward moving across the northern side of The Colony Community. It crossed Interstate 65 at the 294-mile marker before ending. The tornado damaged a number of houses and outbuildings and downed numerous trees.

Start: 33.9300/-86.9500
End: 33.9800/-86.8700

11

1998

4

16

1957

Cullman

F0

4.0

80

0

0

4 WNW Arkadelphia - Wilburn- 1.4 NW Arkadelphia
A small tornado touched down in extreme southwestern Cullman County. A few structures were damaged along with numerous trees downed or uprooted.

Heath
A tornado briefly touched down along U S Highway 29 near Heath. A roof was torn off of four rooms at a motel along the highway. The tornado, only on the ground for a short period of time, knocked a couple of trees down and caused minor damage to a mobile home across the highway from the motel. No injuries were reported.

Start: 31.3500/-86.4700
End: 31.3500/-86.4700

1

1998

2

22

0800

Houston

F0

0.3

50

0

0

Taylor
52 homes in Landview Subdivision sustained wind damage to shingles, fences, awnings, storage sheds, and porches. Some trees and power lines down. Several public sightings of a funnel cloud.